Here are my two cents worth:
My understanding is that* tags slow TiddlyWiki down faster than links* if
you want to tag everything and create a giant hierarchy. That would be a
good topic for discussion to clarify if that is the case or not. Part of
the slowdown, if I am understanding correctly, is the elaborate CSS of tag
pills and dropdowns for each one, and the often convoluted list filters we
use for listing tiddlers by tag. But then perhaps links slow it down just
as much. I don't know, but TiddlyBlink is in part to avoid tagging as much
as possible.
*Links are arguably faster to add to a tiddler* than tags are. They can be
done while in the act of writing the tiddler without stopping to go to a
different field, dig through a list of tags, and and select one or create a
new one. TiddlyBlink even speeds this up with the autocomplete for links
(snowgoon's plugin), and automatic creation of tiddlers upon linking, and
backlinks accessible from all tiddlers.
*Links are better* for sideways and one-level-up connections. *Tags are
better* for multi-level tables of contents.
As Mark noted,* long tags are terrible*.
*Note to Mark:* Try the following in your Stylesheet to overcome the
vertical list of tags problem:
```
/*TAG EDITOR AND DROPDOWNS*/
html body.tc-body .tc-block-dropdown-wrapper {width:800px;color:#2200bb;}
html body.tc-body .tc-block-dropdown
{width:800px;white-space:normal;color:#2200bb;}
html body.tc-body .tc-block-dropdown a {display: inline-block;color:#2200bb;}
html body.tc-body .tc-block-dropdown svg {height:
1.2em;fill:#ccc;display:inline;color:#2200bb;}
/*TAG LABELS*/
html body.tc-body .tc-tag-label {font-family: 'Arial'; font-size:10pt;
color:#2200bb;background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:6px;font-weight: bold;}
html body.tc-body .tc-menu-list-item {font-weight: bold; color:#2200bb;}
```
Also, see my cheeky comment below:
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:24:19 AM UTC-6, HC Haase wrote:
>
>
> This is inspired from my threat on tag picker slowdown
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/TiddlyWiki/Lax5pGtwVT4> and Dave's
> threat on bi-directional linking
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/TiddlyWiki/bi-directional%7Csort:date/tiddlywiki/LUVTps01UBU/rwQW8-_HFQAJ>.
>
> From these discussions on the TW tech and user behaviour with relations, I
> think it could be useful to have a more fundamental discussion about
> relations (tags and links).
>
> *= thread.* :-) While TiddlyBlink may be a great tool, I hope I am not
threatening TiddlyWiki in any way with bi-directional linking! :-)
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